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This set (or the difficulty in finding it) is one of the many reasons I wish I'd come out of my dark ages when the Fantasy Era castle sets were still available (well aside from the Medieval Market Village).... I don't know if I'm the only one, but as soon as I saw a pic of this set, the first thing that came to my mind was that this thing would make a great Skaven Doomwheel.....

Captain Darling: "Look, I'm as British as Queen Victoria!"Capt. Edmund Blackadder: "So, you're telling me that your father was German, you're half-German and you married a German?"

What a weird set. Can't really say much mor ethen that. A giant couple of wheels attached to each other, run by three orcs/trolls/whateveryouwanttocallthem, to run over a speedbump guarded by three Crownies seems to be the premises of the set.

Three figs are nice, and lots of useful pieces. Playablity is high, but still can't make much sense of the set.

Athos wrote:Its kind of a silly set. And the trolls are facing the wrong way...

No they're not. The trolls are retreating. Kind of sad that the one crownie hasn't realized this and is still running the opposite way.

Agreed, though. 'Tis a silly set. About the only thing it had going for it was that at the time, IIRC, it was the best way to get a few troll figs relatively cheaply. I may be wrong, but I think that this came out before the single troll impulse set and the 5-fig battle pack.

Athos wrote:Its kind of a silly set. And the trolls are facing the wrong way...

About the only thing it had going for it was that at the time, IIRC, it was the best way to get a few troll figs relatively cheaply. I may be wrong, but I think that this came out before the single troll impulse set and the 5-fig battle pack.

You're right. This was one of the (if not THE) first troll sets available, not including the two figs that came with the Dwarves' Mine. I got it when it first came out, and had to wait awhile before I could meaningfully add to my orcish horde.

"A warrior is always joyful because his love is unalterable and his beloved, the earth, embraces him and bestows upon him inconceivable gifts."-- Don Juan, Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda

The creativity of this set has no ends. I love the rather original design in the kit but I don't really like the almost foppish silliness involved. The pieces are definitely a plus, mainly the dk brown plates and dk grey tiles. Both are excellent for us castle types. The figs are also a perk. This is one of the rarer sets where there are the same number of figs in the factions.